Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till May.
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1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. A Flower and Leaf of a small variety. 5. The Chives detached; one tip magnified. [Pg 66]6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. The Seed-bud magnified. |
